The Emir of Keffi, Alhaji Mohammdu Chindo Yamusa II, is dead. The
monarch died peacefully in the early hours of this morning in his palace
in Keffi, Keffi local government area of Nasarawa state. A statement by
his brother, Alhaji Abubakar Gada Mohammed, Dan Galadiman Keffi, said
the royal father passed on at about 3am on Friday after a brief illness.
Mohammed who described the demise of his brother as shocking, said the
late emir who died at over 70 years assumed the prestigious throne in
1978.
He stated that final funeral rites and burial according to Islamic teachings would take place after Juma’at prayer in Keffi.
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